Rich Sitcom Writers

November 30, 2012 - Most Recent, Our Podcast

David is tortured by Aaron Shure one of the executive producers of The Office; Steve Skrovan one of the executive producers of Everybody Loves Raymond; and Daniel Lappin the creator of the longest running sitcom in Israel. Music from Will Ryan and The Cactus County Cowboys. And we end a productive week with the second part of our talk with Gary Delong. Gary ran for Congress this month as a moderate republican. He currently serves on the City Council of Long Beach, California where he is in charge of their budget.

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Fighting Walmart

November 29, 2012 - Most Recent, Our Podcast

William Fletcher is a spokesman for  OUR Walmart which works to ensure that every employee, regardless of his or her title, age, race, or sex, is respected at Walmart. He helped stage some of the Black Friday walkouts last week.  Also Will Ryan And The Cactus County Cowboys featuring Westy Westenhofer, John “Presto” Reynolds, and The Official Singing Cowboy Of Hollywood Will Ryan. Plus movies with Michael Snyder.

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A Sitcom Salon Derailed

November 28, 2012 - Most Recent, Our Podcast

Once again Feldman takes an innocent discussion on sitcom writing and steers it into something nobody wants to talk about. Aaron Shure is currently a co-executive producer and writer for The Office on NBC. Shure was an executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond for which he won two Emmy awards in the “Outstanding Comedy Series” category. He was a consulting producer and writer for the HBO sitcom Lucky Louie, and a consulting producer and writer for The New Adventures of Old Christine, and he sometimes blogs on the Huffington Post. Daniel Lappin is an Israeli comedy writer who created Life Isn’t Everything which ran for nine seasons on Israeli television. He also produces the Israeli version of Everybody Loves Raymond. Steve Skrovan is a friend of the show who was also an executive producer of Raymond as well as the director of An Unreasonable Man. Plus Will Ryan.

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A Moderate Republican

November 22, 2012 - Most Recent, Our Podcast

Gary Delong was the Republican candidate for California’s new 47th Congressional district. He lost earlier this month to Democratic State Senator Alan Lowenthal by just 17,743 votes. A self described moderate Republican, Gary serves on the Long Beach, California city council where he manages the budget. He is also a member of No Labels and refused to take Grover Norquist’s pledge not to raise taxes. Also Movie Critic Michael Snyder.

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